Beaten Briton has home and away chance of redemption

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Carl marks: Froch was left bruised, beaten and bowed by his encounter with Ward in Atlantic CityAndrew Couldridge/Action Images

Ron Lewis

Published at 9:00PM, December 19 2011

Carl Froch could be given an immediate chance to become a world champion again
by facing Lucian Bute, the IBF super-middleweight champion from Canada, in
an intriguing two-leg affair.

Bute, 31, who is originally from Romania, was the notable absentee when the
original Super Six line-up was unveiled. He had been expected to get the
first shot at the winner of the tournament, but Andre Ward effectively
dismissed that prospect, saying that Bute still had to earn his shot. The
newly unified WBC and WBA champion is now in a position where he can wait
and choose his next move.